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Beate Grimsrud

ベアテ・グリムスルード

Beate Grimsrud

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1963-04-28 (Bærum, Norway)
Died
2020-07-01 (Stockholm, Sweden) age 57
Nationality
Norway
Languages
Norwegian, Swedish
Religion
Unknown
Residence History
Bærum, Norway (birthplace) → Stockholm, Sweden (after moving)

Career

Occupations
novelist, short story writer, children's writer, scriptwriter, playwright
Active Years
1989-2020

Awards

Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature
2010
Work: En dåre fri
Organization: Norwegian Critics' Association
Result: Won
Dobloug Prize
2012
Organization: Swedish Academy
Result: Won
Swedish Academy Nordic Prize
1
Work: En dåre fri
Organization: Swedish Academy
Result: Won

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

A Fool Free

2010 novel

A novel about a protagonist with mental illness living freely.

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Translations
  • English: A Fool Free (2015)

Bibliography

  • Det finnes grenser for hva jeg ikke forstår (1989)
  • Continental Heaven (1993)
  • Å smyge forbi en øks (1998)
  • Søvnens lekkasje (2007)
  • En dåre fri (2010)
  • Evighetsbarna (2015)
  • Jeg foreslår at vi våkner (2020)

Adaptations

  • Ballen i øyet (film, 2000, screenplay)

Translations of Works

  • English translation: A Fool Free (2015)

Legacy

Norwegian novelist known for works on mental illness, winner of the Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature.